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The Emo Alternative-Rock combo Funeral For A Friend was originally formed
as January Thirst in 2001 in Bridgend, WALES, by vocalist Matthew Davies,
guitarists Kris Coombs-Roberts and Darran Smith, bassist Gareth Davies
and drummer Ryan Richards; the band changed their name, which was inspired
by song "Funeral For A Friend" By Dream
Theater, when they recorded their debut EP, in 2002.
In 2003, the group recorded their second EP, "Four Ways To Scream
Your Name" and by the summer the band secured their first Kerrang!
award, winning the award for Best U.K. Newcomer; this led to a recording
contract with Warner Music who released their first full-length disc,
"Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation", in October of the
same year, it included both the British top 40 hits "She Drove Me
To Daytime Television" and "Escape Artists Never Die" and
eventually debuted at #12 on the U.K. Top 20 Albums chart.
The Welsh rockers' sophomore album, "Hours", arrived in June
2005 reaching #12 in U.K. on the back of the top 10 hit single "Streetcar";
the follow-up single "History" was another sizeable hit peaking
at #19. In the U.S. the band has received reams of critical praise while
growing their ever-increasing fanbase via tours alongside such like-minded
outfits as Linkin Park, Taking
Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria
and Atreyu; "History" finally
cracked the The Billboard Top 200 chart reaching #139.
Funeral For A Friend returned in May 2007 with "Tales Don't Tell
Themselves", an instant U.K. top 3 smash album which included the
top 20 hit single "Into Oblivion (Reunion)".
The band's fourth album, "Memory And Humanity", the first to
be issued on their own label, Join Us, will arrive October 14, 2008. The
13-song set includes two singles "Waterfront Dance Club" and
"Kicking And Screaming".
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